Flower ID: IMG_8171.JPG-07-27-2021 Flower name (scientific): Arctium minus (Hill) Bernhardi PY: 1800. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) ARK-tee-um MY-nus Flower name (common): Common Burdock Family name (common): Aster Family name (scientific): Asteraceae Scientific name origin: Genus: Derived from the Greek arction, the name of a plant taken from arctos, meaning bear, because of the appearence of the spiny bracts. Specific epithet: Latin for smaller or less. Common name origin: From bur and dock. The flower is surrounded by an array of bracts with tiny hooks at the tips that resemble a bur, and the large leaves are like those of the dock (a Rumex species). Flower description: Size: 0.5 to 0.8 inches ( 1.3 to 2.0 cm) Petal count: 0 Color: white Other: flower arrangement, Panicle Plant description: Size: 18 to 60 inches ( 46. to 152. cm) Stem hairy: Other: Leaf description: attachment is basal and alternate, type is simple Size: Color: Hairy: Other: Shape: leaf, ovate-cordate (IL) Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Introduced, invasive Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Common Bloom time (typical): July to October Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Biennial Habitat: Disturbed sites, roadsides, waste areas, fields, woods, thickets, streambanks, sun or shade. Fruit: Seed: Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): No close lookalikes. Ethnobotany: The Chippewa prepared a cough medicine from the leaves and the root for stomach pain (Densmore, p. 340, 1928; Smith, p. 363, 1932). The Meskwaki used the plant as an analgesic for women in labor (Smith, p. 211, 1928). The Potawatomi employed the plant as a blood medicine making a beverage from the roots (Smith, pp. 44-45, 1933). At least fourteen other tribes used this plant for medicinal purposes (Moerman, p. 84, 1998). Latitude: 44.801663 Longitude: -91.508185 Altitude: 262.60 Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Brown, Buffalo, Calumet, Chippewa, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Door, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Florence, Fond du Lac, Forest, Grant, Green, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau, Kenosha, Kewaunee, La Crosse, Lafayette, Langlade, Lincoln, Manitowoc, Marathon, Marinette, Milwaukee, Monroe, Oconto, Oneida, Outagamie, Pepin, Ozaukee, Pierce, Polk, Portage, Price, Racine, Richland, Rock, Rusk, Sauk, Sawyer, Shawano, Sheboygan, Taylor, Trempealeau, Vernon, Vilas, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha, Waupaca, Waushara, Winnebago, Wood) Click here for distribution map In US: (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY) Click here for distribution map In Canada: (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK) Click here for distribution map References: Synonym(s): Basionym: Lappa minor Hill Veg. Syst. 4: 28. 1762. Homotypic Synonym(s): Heterotypic Synonym(s): Arctium pubens Bab. Autonym: na Wetland Status (NC): FACU Wetland Status (MW): FACU